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obama needs some binders of women. about all of the white guys, what a shame. not an outrage but a shame. a face of power that president obama has chosen to present to the country and the world with his second term cabinet pick is striking except for the african-american president at the top of the pyramid for its retro look, white and male. it's mad men goes to washington except peggy is leaving. i will pose this question that everyone asked today, as well. if mitt romney was selected or elected president and that was the picture of his cabinet, what would be the reaction? >> well, i think we know what the reaction would be. we know what the arguments that were made against mitt romney during the campaign. some of the similar language you see route marcus using in that editorial about "mad men." a 1950s version of america that people sort of accuse mitt romney of having. in some ways, i think if you look at that photo, it sort of suggests the same thing with all of those men as counselors to the president. valerie jarrett there and striking that you can't see
obama needs some binders of women. about all of the white guys, what a shame. not an outrage but a shame. a face of power that president obama has chosen to present to the country and the world with his second term cabinet pick is striking except for the african-american president at the top of the pyramid for its retro look, white and male. it's mad men goes to washington except peggy is leaving. i will pose this question that everyone asked today, as well. if mitt romney was selected or...
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we do not need more guns to keep us safe. we need fewer. >> jennifer: well, watching the news you might get the impression that the only two issues that president obama is working on are gun safety and the looming debt ceiling debate. but there really is more on his plate, including immigration reform and student loans and possible supreme court vacancies. how do we expect president obama to handle these very large matters and what are his priorities going to be in his second term agenda? kelly has been writing about this welcome inside "the war room." >> happy new year. >> jennifer: happy new year to you, too. always delightful to have you. you've been working on the issue of the second term and what is looming. kelly, today the conservative chamber of commerce said immigration reform is one of their top priorities. don't you think that's a huge gift to president obama's hopes to achieve immigration reform in this new congress? >> you know what is the biggest gift to president obama for immigration reform, the election. the
we do not need more guns to keep us safe. we need fewer. >> jennifer: well, watching the news you might get the impression that the only two issues that president obama is working on are gun safety and the looming debt ceiling debate. but there really is more on his plate, including immigration reform and student loans and possible supreme court vacancies. how do we expect president obama to handle these very large matters and what are his priorities going to be in his second term agenda?...
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this is not just about who president obama appoints to his cabinet. we know this country has changed demographically and a broad coalition of voters elected this president, but i think we should hold everybody accountable for making sure there's diversity. while i was disappointed to see thus far we haven't seen the kind of diversity i hope we will see when we see the full picture, i think there's a much bigger question and a much bigger issue here to which this president has been, you know, a champion of making sure that the doors are open for everybody. >> right. okay. goldie, the president's enemies, who aren't exactly famous for their love of diversity, are making a huge production out of this issue, but this president has done better or at least as well as his two immediately predecessors. he has a 50/50 split of men and women in his staff and he's appointed two women to the supreme court. doesn't that in itself regardless of the current presentation of the cabinet, doesn't that indicate a commitment to diversity? >> it certainly does, but, marti
this is not just about who president obama appoints to his cabinet. we know this country has changed demographically and a broad coalition of voters elected this president, but i think we should hold everybody accountable for making sure there's diversity. while i was disappointed to see thus far we haven't seen the kind of diversity i hope we will see when we see the full picture, i think there's a much bigger question and a much bigger issue here to which this president has been, you know, a...
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it's called no girls allowed, and why the obama administration needs hormone therapy. rosa brooks is a national security law professor at georgetown. she spent two years working for michelle flournoy at the pentagon. great to see you. thanks for your time. >> glad to be here, rachel. >> in terms of the raw numbers, the obama administration is roughly equivalent to the clinton administration in terms of female appointees. it is doing better than the bush administration. but you feel like they're worthy of some criticism on this subject? >> oh, i hold president obama to a pretty high standard. i would like to think after the eight years of the bush administration, we could do a little better than the clinton administration, not just go back to the clinton administration. although i have to say, if i were valerie jarrett and i were about to go off the fiscal cliff, i would hide behind jay carney too. >> on the issue of michelle flournoy, you're not totally objecting on this. she is highly regarded in washington, not just by you, but by pretty much everybody in the defense
it's called no girls allowed, and why the obama administration needs hormone therapy. rosa brooks is a national security law professor at georgetown. she spent two years working for michelle flournoy at the pentagon. great to see you. thanks for your time. >> glad to be here, rachel. >> in terms of the raw numbers, the obama administration is roughly equivalent to the clinton administration in terms of female appointees. it is doing better than the bush administration. but you feel...
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first president obama is just nominated jacob jack lew to be the next treasury secretary. lew has been the chief of staff and described as a consummate washington insider. he has done two stints at the office of management and budget. an old cog eel of his told me yet experience makes him the perfect choice for the job right now. >> it is described as the central nervous system and everything of consequence goes through it. it coordinates the branch for the president like the chief operating officer role. in that, jack has been exposed to every type of policy and issue and regulation. it's a huge gambit of issues and terrain that he is an expert on the depth he can bring on a number of issues, especially economic policy. >> that makes lew more than qualified to negotiate the debt debates and republicans in congress. wall street doesn't like him so much. who cares what wall street thinks. to many that makes him more palatable. the president made the right choice with tim geitner because the world was teetering on financial collapse. he knew the ins and outs of wall street a
first president obama is just nominated jacob jack lew to be the next treasury secretary. lew has been the chief of staff and described as a consummate washington insider. he has done two stints at the office of management and budget. an old cog eel of his told me yet experience makes him the perfect choice for the job right now. >> it is described as the central nervous system and everything of consequence goes through it. it coordinates the branch for the president like the chief...
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. >> well, again, he is in sync with his boss, president obama, and i think obama's willing to overlook those transgressions as long as you see the world the way he does. and in terms of governor dean, i almost think i'm re-hearing herbert hoover about the need to fight the deficit by raising taxes. raising taxes -- >> and cutting spending. >> raising taxes is not the way to go. and you look at europe, they're raising taxes, japan is raising taxes and the result is a disaster. as you know, if we had normal growth economy, say 4%, which shouldn't be hard to do after what we've been through, you'd get an extra $400 billion, $500 billion right off the bat, instant, painless. >> howard, what's your reaction to that? you are against -- you wanted all the taxes to go up. by the way, for all i know, jack lew may have wanted the taxes to go up. howard, you're the biggest taxer. >> all right, larry, i wanted the taxes to go up and the spending to be cut. taxes went up on wealthy people, which is not as you and i have agreed upon. not enough to balance the budget. and there wasn't any cutting. we
. >> well, again, he is in sync with his boss, president obama, and i think obama's willing to overlook those transgressions as long as you see the world the way he does. and in terms of governor dean, i almost think i'm re-hearing herbert hoover about the need to fight the deficit by raising taxes. raising taxes -- >> and cutting spending. >> raising taxes is not the way to go. and you look at europe, they're raising taxes, japan is raising taxes and the result is a disaster....
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everyone is talking about your column titled, obama needs binders full of women. among the headlines you did write this, to be clear, i've got nothing against white guys. some of my best husbands are white guys. white guys get to be secretary of state, too, and john kerry will be the first in 16 years. but to look at the most important jobs in the government in 2013 and see such lack of diversity is just so drearily disappointing. how disapointing is it? maybe there will be a bunch of women in these other openings? >> not only will there be a whole bunch of women, i know this will be. but the reason it's fair rather than waiting to see who gets commerce or who the next head of the small business administration is, is that these are, and pardon my language, the big boy jobs. these are the four jobs that really, really count and to have no women in them, as i said, it's not outrageous. i'm not accusing the president of being sexist or not value women but it really is disappointing now in 2013. >> and it's disappointing for you, in particular, because what a differen
everyone is talking about your column titled, obama needs binders full of women. among the headlines you did write this, to be clear, i've got nothing against white guys. some of my best husbands are white guys. white guys get to be secretary of state, too, and john kerry will be the first in 16 years. but to look at the most important jobs in the government in 2013 and see such lack of diversity is just so drearily disappointing. how disapointing is it? maybe there will be a bunch of women in...
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"obama needs some binders of women. about all those white guys: what a shame. not an outrage, but a shame. the face of power that president obama has chosen to present to the country and the world with his second-term cabinet picks is striking. except for the african-american president at the top of the pyramid, for its retro look, white and male. it's "mad men" goes to washington, except peggy's leaving. to look at the most important jobs in the government, in 2013, and see such a lack of diversity is just so drearily disappointing especially because it could easily have been so different. imagine the tableau of obama flanked by secretary of state nominee susan rice and defense secretary nominee michele flournoy. that would have been the ultimate you've-come-a-long-way moment. we've heard this since 2009. it's a guys club. "the new york times" has reported that, it's a guys club. he has guys golfing with him. he's got guys playing basketball with him. women have complained quietly about being excluded at the white house since 2009. >> well, i think statistical
"obama needs some binders of women. about all those white guys: what a shame. not an outrage, but a shame. the face of power that president obama has chosen to present to the country and the world with his second-term cabinet picks is striking. except for the african-american president at the top of the pyramid, for its retro look, white and male. it's "mad men" goes to washington, except peggy's leaving. to look at the most important jobs in the government, in 2013, and see such...
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why does anybody need one of those things that churns 100 bullets? half of all massacres occurred since the assault weapons ban expired. >> vice president joe biden said yesterday the that president obama and attorney general eric holder are trying to figure out if it would be appropriate to issue an executive order to restrict assault weapons. such an order would require only a pen and not the permission of congress and while president obama promised five days after the sandy hook shoot to go reduce the, quote, epidemic of gun violence that plagues this country every single day, he also promised back in 2007 to be careful with executive orders. >> i think that the issue of executive power and executive privilege is one that is subject to abuse and in an obama presidency, what you will see will be a sufficient respect for law and the co-equal branches of government. >> jay sekulow from the american center for law and justice said there is no executive order that the president can issue that will override amendments to the constitution. meanwhile, vic
why does anybody need one of those things that churns 100 bullets? half of all massacres occurred since the assault weapons ban expired. >> vice president joe biden said yesterday the that president obama and attorney general eric holder are trying to figure out if it would be appropriate to issue an executive order to restrict assault weapons. such an order would require only a pen and not the permission of congress and while president obama promised five days after the sandy hook shoot...